I told you about the Torre Centinela that’s going up in downtown Juarez.
Well, Juarez isn’t the only city in Mexico with a Sentinel System. Here’s a story about a drug cartel hacking into an FBI attaché’s phone and using the surveillance system in Mexico City to track his movements, leading to the intimidation and murders of some of his informants.
From InsightCrime.org:
The Sinaloa Cartel hired a hacker to target the assistant legal attaché of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) at the US embassy in Mexico City, as authorities built a sprawling drug trafficking case against the former crime boss Joaquín Guzmán Loera, alias “El Chapo,” in 2018, according to a US Justice Department audit released in June.
The hacker, according to the review, offered a “menu of services” that included manipulating mobile phones and other electronic devices. The individual was able to obtain information on calls made and received by the FBI attaché, as well as geolocation data.
In addition, the audit found that the hacker gained access to Mexico City’s camera system to follow the official through the city, identify who they were meeting with, and determine people that would be of interest to the Sinaloa Cartel.
“[They] used that information to intimidate and, in some instances, kill potential sources or cooperating witnesses,” the Justice Department concluded.
You can read the whole story at InsightCrime.org.
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